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Apple Shares Details on Privacy 'Nutrition Labels' Coming to App Store
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I'm sorry I should have been more specific, my comment is purely speculation but I would think that's a good guess
since apple invented Tracking-In-Your-Pocket with the first iPhone, they darn sure ought to back away from the monster they created. Just remember folks, is the company who got us all in this mess in the first place : iPhone
Apparently Apple got a lot of pushback on the implementation schedule. I’m not sure delaying the rollout for a few months is caving in to Facebook.
Maybe Apple’s just trolling Epic. Ask nicely for what you want next time Sweeney 🤣
Apple won't force developers to let users opt out of tracking until next year | TechCrunch
The iOS 14 privacy feature, announced earlier this year, will not be enforced until 2021.techcrunch.com
Article contains a statement from Apple, it was also added to the original MR article HOURS ago, you might want to read up before accusing people of posting rumors as fact.
And in that linked Article Apple states:
I don’t see the issue here. Maybe if Apple stated it was removing this from iOS 14 then I could see it as being an issue.
This is a good start. I hope Apple finds more ways to tighten the grip that the user has on their data.
They have not caved just delayed as Devs stated they did not have a lot of lead time to implement the changes.
I’d LOVE for this to be honest!
I personally am learning how to use and code with XCode for an app. One component has a specific request to collect and impose specific user data (demographics: gender, age range, and location) to super impose on a video with a time stamp. No name of the user of the device, or their health data etc. In a situation were you may NOT be able to communicate this it maybe useful - but users can choose NOT to allow this.
I may have to reconsider this though.
Perhaps but it is certainly not good for the consumer and it is definitely bad optics to do this on the day you release a privacy video.
This is a step in the right direction. It will require a lot of oversight by Apple, lest many developers try to take advantage of Apple and the customer.
You said “Apple is taking this privacy really seriously now as always.”. What the poster that replied to you was saying, is that your statement was contradictory. Saying Apple is “seriously now as always” denotes that Apple hasn’t been as serious in the past as they are this moment, which negates the last part of your post “as always.”
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That excuse would only work once. Then they would have to update the form properly or be exposed to the whole world for the lying scum that they are.
Everybody has to help play their part by applying pressure on these errant developers and keeping them honest.
It will be interesting to see how Facebook and Google fill out their forms.
Facebook’s form is going to be as long as a CVS receipt
With these definitions and this approach, I was able to reduce a privacy policy for our most complicated app to bullet points. I fear how Apple's going to actually ask these questions and present the answers, though. Given that users can enter and share what they like (with who they like) in our app, it means we'd end up with quite a bit of boilerplate in each category if it's displayed that way. To be clear, that's a large part of the purpose of the app. Given Apple's terms, we collect a great deal… but it's all for using the way users choose. (It's private, invite-only groups where users can share whatever they like with each group.)
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I think a lot of apps are going to end up in that situation, some quite innocently.
This needs to be more detailed..ex:
1-Location:- do they use my location while using the app, or do they store it forever, or share it with the FBI, Mossad, and Google?
2-Contact Information:- My contact information? my contacts' information? will it be stored? shared?
3-Usage data:- What usage data? What keystrokes I hit? how much time I spend talking to each individual? Apps I have installed? My preferences in settings?
1-Location:- do they use my location while using the app, or do they store it forever, or share it with the FBI, Mossad, and Google?
2-Contact Information:- My contact information? my contacts' information? will it be stored? shared?
3-Usage data:- What usage data? What keystrokes I hit? how much time I spend talking to each individual? Apps I have installed? My preferences in settings?
they should differentiate between "collecting" and "access". Collecting means they llook at the data and store it and maybe share it. Access means it used for the app functionality, like access to your photos so you can upload photos and access to you camera so you can take shots with the camera...not for them to spy on you using the camera.
This is the text I came up with for our app. It's not our privacy policy, because we have a big confusing one that's already approved and I don't want to redirect momentum (we're a very small team).
This is the best we're able to do at the moment technically, due to the N:N nature of the app, but I hope to do better one day.
Personal information collection and usage
1. Our app is is about sharing information with invite-only and private groups of people. Generally, we collect the information you choose to share for the purpose of syncing it across your devices and sharing it as you wish. You can choose to share different or no information with different groups.
2. We collect one email address to verify your identity in lieu of a user name and password and to support syncing across your devices. This shifts the responsibility of verifying you are who you say to your email service. We don't support any third party login system.
3. You can choose not to share that particular email addresses with any of your groups. We collect any additional email addresses you choose to share for syncing between your devices and sharing the information as you indicate.
4. We collect any additional information (including but not limited to named text areas such as address or phone number) you choose to share for syncing and sharing the information as you indicate.
5. We do not share information with third party vendors, except in the case of messaging where basic information is provided to send the message to others in a group. The message itself is encrypted with a key that our message service does not have access to.
6. We have access to much of the information you enter, but we've intentionally made it difficult for us to access or aggregate. We won't access it unless you ask for our help or we're forced to by law.
7. We don't aggregate personal information.
Other information collection and usage
We collect the application version, iOS version and basic model information about your device. We also collect when a device or user last synced with the sync service.
1. Version, device information and sync times are used to determine when to drop support for an iOS version or model. This information is used only to answer questions like "How how many people have recently used the app on a device running iOS 11?"
2. Last sync times are also used to require re-registering for security purposes.
Hopefully it's clear we're trying to do the best we can.